καθεκτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (κατέχω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be held back]], [[checked]], θρασὺς καὶ βδελυρὸς καὶ οὐδὲ κ. ἔτι <span class="bibl">D. 21.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pomp.</span>66</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν πραγμάτων οὐκέτι πολλοῖς ὄντων καθεκτῶν</b> since power [[could]] not [[be retained in the hands of]] many, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Brut.</span>47</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ κ. εἶναι</b> to [[contain]] oneself, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.6</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">οὐ -τῶς</b> [[so as]] not to [[be restrained]], μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Her.</span>10.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[in the grip of]], λούπησι χαλεπῆσιν Corinn.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1.28.</span>

|elnltext=καθεκτός -ή -όν adj. verb. van κατέχω, in toom te houden.